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June 2014

June 20, 2014
Really: Catholic clergy don their heavy black vestments every day, even covering their head with...
June 20, 2014
A little group of us, representing part of the Patheos Catholic Channel, gathered to lead...
June 20, 2014
Details:  Rita Alderete is single, but she values the idea of marriage being a relationship...
June 20, 2014
This is different, via CNS: A retired English Catholic bishop will lead an Anglican diocese’s...
June 20, 2014
Details:  Pope Francis spoke out Friday against legalizing recreational drugs, telling participants at the International...
June 19, 2014
No one can say the visit to Charlotte has been dull. This evening's Mass was...
June 19, 2014
Details:  A 47-percent decline in Catholic marriages in the Archdiocese of San Francisco has prompted...
June 19, 2014
The great Archbishop Claudio Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, spoke at...
June 19, 2014
From The Los Angeles Times:  People clapped, gasped and cried when a man pushed Father...
June 19, 2014
Maybe a job for The Anchoress? From The Wall Street Journal:  Switzerland's "Katholisches Kirchenblatt," a...
June 19, 2014
Louisville's Archbishop Joseph Kurtz delivered the keynote at last night's session of the Catholic Media...
June 19, 2014
From RNS:  Richard Rossi is on a crusade of sorts, traveling to cities across the...
June 19, 2014
I'm here in Charlotte for the Catholic Media Conference, and one of the  exciting things...
June 18, 2014
Journalists gathered for the Catholic Media Conference attended Mass tonight at St. Patrick's Cathedral in...
June 18, 2014
Details:  The possible miracle needed for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen took another...
June 18, 2014
You never know who you'll bump into at a convention of Catholics.  This morning, for...
June 18, 2014
This story isn't that unusual. But the swift response from the bishop is. Details: A...
June 18, 2014
From Religion News Service:  How many voters know that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is...
June 17, 2014
Colombian-born Guillermo Anzola responds when his name is called during the election of candidates portion...
June 17, 2014
He has posted a letter on the archdiocesan website. He doesn't mention his most prominent...
June 17, 2014
From The Catholic Sun:  At the requiem Mass, Fr. Eric Flood, the North American superior...
June 17, 2014
From the diocesan Facebook page: This past Saturday, Bishop Mark J. Seitz ordained 12 men...
June 16, 2014
Details:  A 54-year-old ex-convict has been arrested in the shooting death of a 28-year-old Phoenix...
June 16, 2014
Information is scarce right now, but this story popped up on my news feed, from...
June 16, 2014
Strong words from his homily today: The poor are the ones who end up paying...
June 16, 2014
Details from The Christian Science Monitor: The shooting of two priests at a Phoenix church...
June 16, 2014
When was the last time this happened? Details:  Working on weekends as a deacon at St. Agnes...
June 15, 2014
The Arizona Republic in Phoenix has a long and richly detailed article (with some obvious...
June 15, 2014
Details:  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took the lead this week in a high-profile lobbying effort to...
June 15, 2014
Details:  The person who brutally attacked two Phoenix priests might have a lot of anger...
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